Edgy? Moi?!

I took a personality test today. Someone sent it to me via email and since there wasn't much else for me to do given there's about a foot plus of snow on the ground outside and no buses are running, I figured why not. (Then again, snow angels are always fun!)

I find personality assessments to be useful tools for understanding my psyche. I am careful to not let them limit me in any way, yet I appreciate any tool that can help me grow and become more of who I want to become. I have found that personality tests offer helpful guidance along those lines. I've used them to gain insight about how I make decisions or process information. I've also used them to help me assess the types of learning or work environments I'm best suited for, or even the best career options. I remember taking one such test about two years ago—required for my job—that provided insight into how I work as part of team. One aspect of my character it aptly identified is that I don't tolerate fools well. Needless to say, I'm no longer at that job!

Anyhoo... today's test was a bit more fun. It identified your five dominant personality traits—the ones that stand out to others when they get to know you. After answering about 20 questions, here are mine:

Edgy, experimental, open-minded, artistic, and intuitive.

Edgy? What a curious word to describe me. I had to look it up. One definition reads: tense, nervous, irritable. Another reads: at the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde.

According to the Free Dictionary, edgy can also mean: Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit; or daring, provocative, and trend-setting.

The Urban Dictionary defines edgy as the act of thinking that one is cool. And among the many synonyms I found for edgy were these: cutting-edge, on-the-edge, fringe, avant-garde, innovative, original, offbeat; gritty.

Edgy? Well, if by edgy, this assessment means cool, cutting-edge, avant-garde, trend-setting, or just plain original, I'm totally okay with being that. In fact, I intend to fully embrace and explore my edginess. Why the heck not? After all, it's the cutting-edge people who have dared to create their own style and their own rules, who have had the biggest impact on the world.